This site is devoted to the model railway products of the French firm of Jouef SA. Although Jouef produced models up to 2001 the site will concentrate on those made between the 1950's and …

A more detailed account of the history of Jouef Trains. This is translated from French and based on two articles by Thierry Delcourt which appeared in the November and December 2001 …

Jouef are a long established toy firm in France. They were founded in 1944 by Georges Huard, who previously made plastic kitchen utensils. The company began by making tinplate toys …

Here are a few examples of Jouef catalogue covers between 1955 and 2001. A number of the catalogues were available in two or three languages (usually French, German and English) but …

The range included the following - click on the link for more details

Type: BB-9200: BB 9283 at Paris Austerlitz station 1976 . Patrick Meunier: No: Built : 92: Operating area : South West region: Number range: BB 9201 to 9292

6420 - the 'Societe des Ciments Français' cement wagon

The design of the prototype locomotive (nicknamed ' Broken Nose') was attributed to Paul Arzens, the CC6500's are the most powerful locomotives of the SNCF. Equipped with a speed control …

The AMTRAK version of the Gas Turbine Railcar . Ref: 8988, 5892, 5893, 5894. Prototype information

In 1971 delivery of the first BB15000 class began, which looked similar in outline to the CC 6500's , same livery, similar but shorter body but with two axle bogies.